McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Sanasib

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Sanasib


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( Óáíáóßâ , v.r. Óáíáâßò , Á᾿íáóåßâ ), A head of the priests, “the sons of Jeddu, the son of Jesus,” who are said to have returned, to the number of 972, with Zerubbabel from the captivity (1Es_5:24); evidently the 973 “children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua,” in the Heb. texts (Ezr_2:36; Neh_7:39), the name Sanasib having been repeated for the “Senaah” (Esdras, “Annaas”) of the preceding verse.